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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has confirmed Usman Alkali Baba as Inspector General of Police (IGP). Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the meeting, said Baba was unanimously confirmed. President Buhari had on April 6, appointed Baba as […]
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has seized 373 vehicles with expired vehicle documents, old number plates and without driver’s licence in Kaduna State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the seizure was made during a joint operation […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. Reports say the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange behavior. “In the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of concerted efforts to address the present security challenges in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodinma, has directed traditional rulers and the police to as a matter of urgency mop up arms in the hands of unauthorised individuals. He said the monarchs and the police are also expected to work in […]
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hit by a fresh surge of infections and with vaccine deliveries at a near standstill, Africa is not ready to face a third wave of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday. “Many African hospitals and clinics are still far from ready to cope with a huge rise in critically-ill patients,” […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has stated that he never wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to suspend the use of the constitution. The AGF in a statement by his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, advised Nigerians to disregard news reports accusing him of writing a secret memo to the president in […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on motorcycles hijacked a school bus at Oba Ile Estate in Akure North Local Government thursday morning It is not yet clear how many pupils were inside the bus. Some eyewitnesses said pupils were inside the bus while others claimed only the attendant was taken away by the hoodlums. It was […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some armed men on Wednesday struck in Ikire and Apomu, Irewole and Isokan local government areas of Osun State, killing five persons in Ikire after attacking two new generation banks and a police station. It was gathered that the armed robbers had earlier robbed a bank in Apomu town around 5:00 p.m. […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says the civil war analogy used by President Buhari referring to dealing with persons misbehaving in the country was “insensitive”. She disclosed this in a video statement on Wednesday as she reacted to a statement made by the President on Tuesday after meeting with the Chairman […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government to engage various separatists groups in the country to douse tensions and agitations. Falana made the appeal while speaking at the South-West Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(African examiner) – THE Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to abolish the gulf between the Higher National Diploma certificate and the university degree holders in the country. The piece of legislation, sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure, passed the third reading on the floor of the Senate at plenary. The Chairman, Senate Committee on […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted an Executive Bill to the Senate, seeking extension of retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read the letter on the floor of the senate at Wednesday’s plenary. Lawan explained that the bill would harmonised the retirement age for teachers in […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed retired AIG Christopher Dega, Senior Special Assistant on Security to Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Police Command confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Jos. He said that the incident occurred on May 31st at a restaurant in Jos […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The demand for camel milk has gone up in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the past year, amid a quest to boost immunity against COVID-19, Industry leaders said on Tuesday, as World Milk Day was observed. Bashir Warsame, founder of the Nairobi-based camel milk and camel yoghurt producer, Nuug Camel Milk, said […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has extended the commencement of the new Passport regime earlier scheduled for June 1 by one week. Spokesperson for the agency, Mr Amos Okpu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The service had announced the suspension of receiving and […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu has written the Senate seeking its confirmation of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Buhari’s request is contained in a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read during Tuesday’s plenary. The letter reads: I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Ebonyi arrested six suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and recovered five locally made pistols with 12 live ammunition from them. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Odah said the suspects were arrested during operations on […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma, is dead. Obioma died in his house on London Street, Dutsen Kura area of Minna, Niger, on Monday evening after a brief illness, this is contrary to many news reports that say the late registrar was killed by gunmen. A […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pledged to pay over 7000 students bursary, as parts of activities to mark his 100 days in office. The Secretary to the State Government, (SSG), Princess Oladunni Odu, said this at a news conference to reel out programmes marking the 100 days Akeredolu in office […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, May 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has bemoaned the way former Political Adviser to Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, was assassinated, saying he did not deserve to die that way. Gulak, was brutally murdered on Sunday morning while on his way to the Sam Mbakwe Cargo airport by those the police […]
